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All Brown Bag Seminars (unless otherwise noted) are held from 12 noon - 1 p.m. in the NOAA Central Library, 2nd Floor, SSMC#3, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring. Teleconference is available - email Library.Reference@noaa.gov. Call Mary Lou Cumberpatch (301-713-2600 ext.129) or Skip Theberge (301-713-2600 ext. 115) for further information or to set up a Brown Bag.
A list of previous Brown Bags is available on the Archive Brown Bags page.
May 4 at 12 noon
Arlene Blum will present "The Fire Retardant Dilemma: Fire Safety, Human Health and the Global Environment."
Powerpoint slides
Abstract: Arlene Blum, a biophysical chemist, carried out research in the 1970s that contributed to removing brominated and chlorinated tris, cancer-causing flame retardants, from children's sleepwear. Chemicals such as tris can cause neurological and reproductive impairments, thyroid abnormalities, endocrine disruption, and/or cancer. They often bio- accumulate up the food chain and persist in humans, wild animals, and the environment. Blum will describe her interdisciplinary research and policy work to protect health and the environment while maintaining fire safety. Currently, Blum is working with a global team of scientists and NGOs to stop hundreds of millions of pounds of unneeded toxic fire retardant chemicals being added to consumer products worldwide. If time permits, Arlene Blum will share also dramatic images and stories from her historic mountaineering expeditions and will relate how her climbing career led to her current work in environmental health and public policy.
May 5 at 12 noon
George R. Cutter of NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center will present "High-resolution bathymetric mapping with the new broad-bandwidth, split-beam, scientific, multibeam sonar installed on the new NOAA FSVs."
Abstract: The Simrad ME70 is a new multibeam-echosounder system that was designed for quantitative fisheries research and is installed on each of the new, acoustically-quiet, NOAA Fisheries survey vessels (FSVs). The ME70 has configurable beams and transmits in the range of 70-120 kHz to provide calibrated, acoustic backscattering data throughout the detection range (Fisheries Mode). With hardware and software add-ons, the ME70 can also collect soundings that are expected to meet IHO S-44 Order 1 standards (Bathymetric Mode). Furthermore, with custom algorithms and software, bathymetric data can be obtained from the ME70 operating in Fisheries Mode, and volume backscatter can be sampled from the ME70 operating in Bathymetric Mode. This flexibility may allow data to be concurrently and efficiently collected on fish and their seabed habitat. Here, we describe a method to process the echo amplitude and phase data from multiple split-beams formed in Fisheries Mode to estimate seabed range, slope, roughness, and normalized surface scattering strength (a hardness metric). We compare the resulting bathymetry to that collected with the ME70 operating in Bathymetric Mode in the same area of the Bay of Biscay. (Authors for this paper include:
George R. Cutter, David A. Demer (NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center) and Laurent Berger (IFREMER, France).
May 6 at 12 noon
Dan Seidov, PhD and Igor Smolyar, PhD, of NOAA's NODC Ocean Climate Laboratory, will present "Barents Sea Warming." The seminar is part of the NOAA International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
May 7 at 12 noon
Jon Kurland (NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region) and Mike Sigler (NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center) will present "NOAA's Role in the Science and Management of Arctic Fish and Marine Mammals." The seminar is part of the NOAA International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
Abstract: NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service is actively involved in a variety of research and management activities related to the conservation of Arctic fish and marine mammal populations. NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Regional Office and Alaska Fisheries Science Center have been involved in Arctic projects for many years, but the scope and breadth of our work in the Arctic has expanded substantially in the past few years and will continue to grow with climate change. This presentation will provide an overview of NOAA Fisheries' current science and management activities in the Arctic as we begin addressing the consequences of climate change and the associated loss of sea ice, and as we prepare for the resource management challenges that lie ahead.
May 14 from 11:30-12 and 1-1:30
Book Signing!!! NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program is pleased to announce the release of its fourth and final book of its series. Written at the middle school level, the book, "Mr. Tanenbaum Explores Atlantic Fisheries" on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow, is filled with fun and exciting facts about fisheries research. To celebrate the release, we are happy to have the authors, Dr. Diane Stanitski and CDR John Adler, as well as illustrator, Bruce Cowden here to sign books. The book signing will be held in the NOAA Library on Thursday, May 14th from 11:30-12:00 and from 1:00 - 1:30. There is no cost for the book.
May 14 at 12 noon (originally scheduled for March 25)
Dr. John Walsh, Professor of Climate Change and chief scientist at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, will present a seminar on Arctic modeling from a systems perspective. The seminar is part of the NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
(http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/Outreach/NODC-seminars09.html#IPYSeminars).
Abstract: Observations of different parts of the Arctic system present a coherent picture of change over the past half century. The climate models used to project future changes capture the past variations to varying degrees Here we survey the performance of global climate models in simulating Arctic climate, with particular attention to simulations of the seasonal cycle, natural variations and greenhouse-driven changes. The role of low-frequency variations in confounding future projections will be given special attention, as will the impacts of deficiencies in model simulations of sea ice and the Arctic terrestrial surface. We will then address the downscaling of Arctic climate simulations by presenting the results of initial attempts to produce high-resolution scenarios of climate change for Alaska.
Remote access
May 19 at 12 noon
Drs. Linwood Pendleton (Senior Fellow, The Ocean Foundation and Director of the Coastal Ocean Values Center ) and David K. Loomis (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Director of the Human Dimensions of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Program), will present "Measuring the Effects of Coastal Restoration on Coastal Uses." Hosted by NOAA Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation.
Abstract: Many studies have used valuation techniques to predict the potential effect of coastal restoration on human uses, but few provide empirical evidence that restoration indeed affects the way people use and perceive the coast. We take two approaches to examining how coastal restoration affects uses and perception.
May 20 at 12 noon
"Wave Energy Planning in Oregon," hosted by NOAA Office of Coastal and Resource Management, Coastal Programs Divisions.
May 21 at 12 noon
Albert E Theberge Jr, of the NOAA Central Library, will present on "NOAA work in the high latitudes and the International Polar Year 2007-2008 seminar series." The seminar is part of the NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
(http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/Outreach/NODC-seminars09.html#IPYSeminars).
May 27 at 12 noon
Dr. Taneil Uttal, NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory, will present an IPY seminar.
May 28 at 12 noon
Dr. John Cloud, of the NOAA Central Library, will present on "NOAA work in the high latitudes and the International Polar Year 2007-2008 seminar series." The seminar is part of the NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
(http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/Outreach/NODC-seminars09.html#IPYSeminars).
May 29 at 12 noon
Dr. Pablo Clemente of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, will present an IPY seminar.
June 3 at 12 noon
Seminar by Mara Guccione, Foundations of Success, on adaptive management approaches and programs.
June 4 at 12 noon
Ms. Peggy Leung, Deputy Director for the Office of Training and Knowledge Management (OTKM), Department of Commerce, will present
"E-Learning: Anytime, Anywhere".
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Charles Stock, a resaearch oceangrapher with NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), "From Phytoplankton to Fish: Global Patterns in the Energy Flow through the Marine Food Web." GFDL's joint institute is hosting a workshop with NMFS and the larger community of fisheries and climate scientists in mid-June, to see how global climate models can help fisheries management.
June 10 (tentative) at 12 noon
Teresa Turk, NOAA Fisheries, Office of Science and Technology, Office of International Affairs, will present "Capacity Building and Partnerships in West Africa."
June 11 at 12 noon
Dr. Jawed Hameedi, NOAA NOS Office of Coastal and Resource Management, will present an International Polar Year seminar. The seminar is part of the NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
(http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/Outreach/NODC-seminars09.html#IPYSeminars).
June 17 at 12 noon
Presentation by Dr. Jackie M. Grebmeier, Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Bioinformatics, University of Tennessee. This seminar is part of the NODC International Polar Year (IPY) Seminar Series
(http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/Outreach/NODC-seminars09.html#IPYSeminars).
June 18 at 12 noon
Presentation by David B. MacNeill and Paul Bowser from New York Sea Grant.
June 24 at 12 noon
Matt Austin, NOS Office of Coast Survey Cartographic and Geospatial Technologies Program, will present "Development of the Fishing Ecosystem Analysis Tool (FEAT)."
Abstract: The Fishing Ecosystem Analysis Tool (FEAT) is a system for analyzing and
spatially displaying commercial and recreational catch data in
combination with the place-based approach to defining and measuring
fishing communities envisioned by National Standard 8 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Fishing communities in Hawaii are currently
defined at the island level, which is overly broad for conducting social
impact analysis. A suitable scale for many analyses is Zip Code
Tabulation Area, which the U.S. Bureau of the Census developed by
aggregating census blocks. We refer to these areas as Socioeconomic
Zones because they can be characterized using Census socioeconomic
variables such household income, poverty level, education, ethnicity and
many others. Socioeconomic zones can be linked to commercial marine
license catch data and recreational catch data using anglers’ zip codes.
This allows for spatial analysis and reporting of catch variables such
as species, pounds landed, port of landing, gear used, and fishing area
location. We can then associate any of these variables with
socioeconomic zones and characteristics. Data from 10 years of
commercial marine license catch reports and 7 years of recreational
catch data currently are entered into the database. We will provide a
number of examples of possible analyses that can be conducted with FEAT,
which has the capability to tie in with other Pacific Islands Fisheries Science
Center (PIFSC) data systems and to be used for many purposes other
than analysis of human dimensions data.
June 25 at 12 noon
Ed Kruse, International Affairs Specialist, NOS International Program Office, and
Doctoral candidate, University of Maryland, Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science program, will present "Reducing Threats of Land-based Sources of Pollution to Human and Ecosystem Health: A case study for the Island of Dominica."
Additional seminars: OneNOAA Science Discussion Seminar Series
(http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-About/Outreach/) (open access).
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